A History of the United States

This week we cover some of the history of New Netherland, but it is quite impossible to talk about New Netherland without talking about New Sweden. Therefore, what we do today is go back to Europe so we can figure out why the Swedes thought founding an empire on the Delaware was a good idea.

This week we cover the exploration of the Hudson River, the founding of New Netherland, Fort Orange (Albany) and New Amsterdam (New York City).

This week we begin Chapter 3 of A History of the United States by getting very off topic. We don't talk about America at all, and instead focus on the Dutch in preparation for setting up New Netherland and Delaware.

This week we found Connecticut. We also turn Providence Plantation into the Colony of Rhode Island, and look at badass theologian Anne Hutchinson who was kicked out of Massachusetts for speaking her mind.

This week we look at the early social and economic history of Massachusetts.

This week we look at the early social and economic history of Massachusetts.

This week we look at the first few years of Massachusetts colony, which greatly contrasts to Plymouth. It is very oligarchic, had has something of a fusion of church and state.

This week we found the colony of Massachusetts, in addition to the provinces of Maine and New Hampshire. It's a busy episode!

This week the Pilgrims deal with Dutch traders, Allerton has business in London, and Standish goes off to save New England from a bunch of drunks.

This week we watch the Pilgrims try to free themselves from the control of London as we move the narrative into 1627. We also include a brief history of plague.

This week we carry on looking at the arrival of the Charity, exploring the conspiracy of Oldham and Lyford.

This week Gorges arrives in New England to refound Wessagusset, this time as Weymouth. We also cover developments back in London with the merchants and the rise to power of James Sherley. We also answer a listener question about Jamestown.

This week the Pilgrims go on the attack. We also talk about fishing contracts and the history of lobsters.

This week we get very medical, and a conspiracy is unearthed.

This week we manage to get through a whole year in Plymouth, 1622. We look at the difficulty the Pilgrims faced in securing a food supply, and the creation of a rival colony.

This week the narrative speeds up and we cover most of 1621. We look at an expedition to speak with Massasoit, fertiliser, and the first thanksgiving.

This week we finally make some progress in New England. The Pilgrims make it through their first winter and make first contact with the Native Americans of the region.

This week, in a particularly unfocused episode, we move the narrative forward 15 days. In addition we also describe the legal situation of settlement in New England in 1620, have an overview of the Julian calendar, and I explain how to thatch a roof.

This week we take the Pilgrims across the Atlantic to Plymouth. Along the way we look at duels on the Mayflower, the Mayflower Compact, how much the Pilgrims hated Cape Cod, and terminology.

This week we take the Separatists through their time in Holland to their decision to sail to the New World in the Mayflower.

This week we begin chapter 2 of the podcast, New England. But in order to do this we go back and cover the reformation and the origins of Puritans, we also take the Separatists over to the Netherlands in 1607.

This week Bacon's Rebellion falls apart, royal order is imposed and Virginia does not become independent.

This week Bacon's Rebellion gets underway and makes a bid for independence from England.

This week we were supposed to cover thanksgiving, but I screw up the timings so we talk about General Bacon instead.

This week we cover a lot: the 1644 Powhatan Uprising, the governorship of Berkeley, the English Civil War, the Navigation Acts, Mercentilism, the legalisation of slavery, exploration, and we introduce segments.